The trend will reverse when/if the price reverses, as always. This has been the case with Steem/Steemit since the beginning.
If users aren’t making money, then they don’t want to use the platform. This is completely different from all other social media platforms where users spend all day on them...and make nothing at all. So what does that tell us?
People don’t want to be here unless they’re getting paid to be here. The social media aspect of this project is failing. STINC owns the failing social media website while pretending to “lead” the development of the Steem blockchain. What does that say about confidence in their organization to actually create something worth using - whether it’s the website or the blockchain that they continue to screw up?
And what if the activity didn't increase this time when the Steem price increases?
Then we’ll know that this platform is in worse condition than we thought.
But activity will likely increase when prices increase. If nothing else, there will be more bots/automation taking advantage of it.